Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab I./ZG52 (A2+AB) based Toussous France June 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab I./ZG52 (A2+BB) based Toussous France June 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG52 (A2+KH) became 6./ZG2 France 1940

Messerschmitt Bf 110C 1./ZG52 Zerstorer (A2+?H) France early 1940 01

Photo 01: An unknown ground mechanic poses in front of a Bf 110C of I./ZG52. Note the fully enclosed Bordfunker's central rear canopy. Seen to good effect are the first aid hatch, the ladder for access to the port wing, and the aerial beside it.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C 1./ZG52 Zerstorer (A2+?H) France early 1940 02

Photo 01: Ground crew pose with an NCO of I./ZG52. Again, this aircraft carries the style of fuselage cross more commonly seen in 1940.The 'A and the '2' are spaced further apart than is normally seen for fuselage codes.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C 1./ZG52 Zerstorer France early 1940 01

Photo 01: An unknown member of I./ZG52 poses in front of a Bf 110 of the unit, its dragon emblem clearly seen on its nose.

Formed 26 Jun 1940 at Freiburg from I./ZG52 with:
Stab II./ZG2 from Stab I./ZG52
4./ZG2 from 1./ZG52
5./ZG2 from 2./ZG52
6./ZG2 from 3./ZG52
For example aircraft codes would of ended up like so:
Stab I./ZG52 coded (A2+AB) became Stab II./ZG2 coded (A2+AB)
1./ZG52 coded (A2+AH) became 4./ZG2 coded (A2+AH)
2./ZG52 coded (A2+AK) became 5./ZG2 coded (A2+AK)
3./ZG52 coded (A2+AL) became 6./ZG2 coded (A2+AL)

2 Staffel I. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 52- 2./ZG52 code A2

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 2./ZG52 (A2+?K) became 6./ZG2 France 1940

Photo 01: A Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 2./ZG52 (A2+?K) showing once again the wide spacing of the unit code characters and the larger fuselage cross. The swastika is carried on the fin only. What appears to be netting of some kind partially covers the fuselage cross and completely obscures the third character of the fuselage code, the individual aircraft letter.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 4./ZG2 (A2+AH) ex 1.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 4./ZG2 (A2+BH) ex 1.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 4./ZG2 (A2+GH) ex 1.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940

Photo 01: Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 4./ZG2 (A2+GH) carrying seven victory bars on the starboard fin. The pilot of this aircraft is not known. Guyancourt is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris 21.2 km from the center, in the "new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 4./ZG2 (A2+IH) ex 1.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940

Photo 01: Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 4./ZG2 ex 1.ZG52 (A2+IH) Neuhausen ob Eck/Germany June 1940

5 Staffel II Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 2 - 5./ZG2 coded A2+

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 5./ZG2 (A2+CK) ex 2./ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July - Sep 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110s of II./ZG2. The nearest A2+CK, is a 5. Staffel machine bearing the dragon emblem that this unit carried forward from when it was I./ZG52.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 5./ZG2 (A2+FK) ex 2./ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July - Sep 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110s of II./ZG2. The nearest, A2+CK, is a 5.Staffel machine bearing the dragon emblem that this unit carried forward from when it was I./ZG52

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 5./ZG2 (A2+JK) ex 2./ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July - Sep 1940

Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf 110D of 5./ZG2 A2+JK has the revised camouflage applied to the fuselage sides which became more common as the Battle of Britain progressed. The extended rear fuselage points to this aircraft being a 'D' variant. II./ZG2 flew a mix of 'C' and 'D' variants throughout the Battle.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 5./ZG2 (A2+JK) ex 2./ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July - Sep 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110D-2, A2+JK, of 5./ZG2 seen taking off in summer 1940. The letter T is black outlined in white.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 5./ZG2 (A2+LK) ex 2./ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July - Sep 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110s of II./ZG2. The nearest, A2+CK, is a 5.Staffel machine bearing the dragon emblem that this unit carried forward from when it was I./ZG52

6 Staffel II Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 2 - 6./ZG2 coded A2+

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 6./ZG2 (A2+AL) ex 3.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940

Photo 01: A2+AL of 6./ZG2 ex 3./ZG52 forms a backdrop for a meeting of the Staffel's flying crew to go through the next mission's details.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 6./ZG2 (A2+AL) ex 3.ZG52 Eberhard Heinlein Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C 6./ZG 2 Eberhard Heinlein, Guyancourt, France, 1940

6./ZG 2 was formed out of 3./ZG 52, and its aircraft still carried the original emblem of Zerstörergeschwader 52. The original dark camouflage color was, based on combat experience, oversprayed over the fuselage sides, engine cowls and tail surfaces with the bottom side color. Hauptmann Eberhard Heinlein served later as Gruppenkommandeur I./ZG 2, but his career ended with a fatal non-combat flight on September 28th, 1940. Kommodore of ZG 2 at the time was Major Friedrich Vollbracht, who, during the course of the First World War, served with Jasta 5.

6./ZG 2 byla vytvorena z 3./ZG 52 a jej� stroje st�le nosily na pr�di puvodn� embl�m Zerstörergeschwader 52. Puvodn� tmav� kamufl�stroje byla na z�klade bojov�ch zku�enost� zesvetlena prestr�k�n�m boku trupu, motorov�ch gondol a svisl�ch ocasn�ch ploch barvouspodn�ch ploch. Hauptmann Eberhard Heinlein pozdeji pusobil jako Gruppenkommandeur I./ZG 2, ale smrtelne havaroval behem neoperacn�ho letu 28. z�r� 1940. Kommodorem ZG 2 byl v t� dobe Major FriedrichVollbracht, jen� behem 1. sv. v�lky slou�il u Jasta 5.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 Zerstörer 6./ZG2 (A2+BL) ex 3.ZG52 Guyancourt near Paris France July/Sep 1940